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TIL the largest living organism as of June 2022 is a specimen of "Posidonia australis" seagrass (aka Poseidon’s ribbon weed).Spawned from a single seed around 4500 years old and covering approximately 200 square kilometres (77 square miles), the entire plant is connected and shares the same DNA.

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46m5 TIL someone invented a circular sling shot or torus device called a “SlingATron” to launch things into space.
ynMw TIL that in Italy, pizza was generally looked down upon until it was redeveloped by Italian immigrants in the US. The consequent American desire to find the “authentic” product in Italy led to the retroactive invention of “authentic” pizza, much to the US tourists’ delight. [PIZZA EFFECT]
neb9 TIL Lego is the largest manufacturer of tires in the world
p8QBA TIL as of 2020, there have been 15 astronaut and 4 cosmonaut fatalities during spaceflight. The current statistical fatality rate is 3.2 percent.
x4gk TIL that Antarctica has the highest literacy rate of any continent.